Last year Steel Industries had sales of $$270,000,$ assets of $$175,000($which equals total invested capital$),$ a profit margin of $5\mathrm{.}3\%,$ and an equity multiplier of $1\mathrm{.}2.$ The CFO believes that the company could reduce its assets by $$51,000$ without affecting either sales or costs. The firm finances using only debt and common equity. Had it reduced its assets by this amount, and had the debt$/$total invested capital ratio, sales, and costs remained constant, how much would the ROE have changed?

a$.$ Increase by $1\mathrm{.}20\%$

b$.$ Decrease by $1\mathrm{.}20\%$

c$.$ Increase by $18\mathrm{.}89\%$

d$.$ Decrease by $4\mathrm{.}04\%$

e$.$ Increase by $4\mathrm{.}04\%$